• Replacement name for Leptogenys nitida Smith, 1858a. [Junior primary homonym of †Ponerites nitidus Heer, 1849 (Bolton, 1995b: 231).]
• [Note: Leptogenys intermedia oldest junior synonym of Leptogenys nitida Smith, 1858a (synonymy by Bolton, 1975a: 289); hence Leptogenys intermedia first available replacement name (Bolton, 1995b: 231).]
• Status as species: Emery, 1911e: 102; Forel, 1914d: 214; Wheeler, 1922: 789; Arnold, 1926: 209; Bolton, 1995b: 231.
• Senior synonym of Leptogenys nitida adpressa: Bolton, 1975a: 289.
• Senior synonym of Leptogenys nitida aena: Bolton, 1975a: 289.
• Senior synonym of Leptogenys capensis: Bolton, 1975a: 289.
• Senior synonym of Leptogenys brevinodis deflocata: Bolton, 1975a: 289.
• Senior synonym of Leptogenys nitida gracilis Santschi, 1914e: Bolton, 1975a: 289.
• Senior synonym of Leptogenys nitida grandior: Bolton, 1975a: 289.
• Senior synonym of Leptogenys nitida insinuata: Bolton, 1975a: 289.
• Senior synonym of Leptogenys nitida speculans: Bolton, 1975a: 289.
• Senior synonym of Leptogenys tenuis: Bolton, 1975a: 289.
• [Note (i): all the synonyms, originally junior synonyms of the junior homonym Leptogenys nitida Smith, 1858a, are here transferred to the replacement name Leptogenys intermedia.]
• [Note (ii): it is certain that several closely related species are aggregated here.]

Junior synonyms

• Leptogenys brevinodis deflocata Santschi, 1926
• Leptogenys capensis Baroni Urbani, 1971
  Obsolete combination(s): Leptogenys nitida capensis
• Leptogenys nitida adpressa Forel, 1914
• Leptogenys nitida aena Forel, 1914
• Leptogenys nitida gracilis Santschi, 1914
• Leptogenys nitida grandior Forel, 1915
• Leptogenys nitida insinuata Santschi, 1914
• Leptogenys nitida speculans Santschi, 1926
• Leptogenys tenuis Stitz, 1911

Citations

• Arnold, G. 1926. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Appendix. Annals of the South African Museum 23:191-295. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1975a. A revision of the ant genus Leptogenys Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian region with a review of the Malagasy species. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 31:235-305. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Emery, C. 1902c. Note mirmecologiche. Rendiconti delle Sessioni della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna (n.s.)6:22-34.
• Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
• Forel, A. 1914d. Formicides d'Afrique et d'Amérique nouveaux ou peu connus. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 50:211-288. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.